3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit ddf64354af4a702ee0b85d0a285ba74c7278a460 ] v2: a) used struct ipv6_addr_props v3: a) reverted changes for ipv6_addr_props v4: a) do not use __ipv6_addr_needs_scope_id Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ int ip6_mc_input(struct sk_buff *skb) * IPv6 multicast router mode is now supported ;) */ if (dev_net(skb->dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->mc_forwarding && - !(ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->daddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) && + !(ipv6_addr_type(&hdr->daddr) & + (IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK|IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) && likely(!(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_FORWARDED))) { /* * Okay, we try to forward - split and duplicate -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html